‘No si hijomiono’o jabesi soré jajivo’ (We are painting the designs of our ancestors).

A Collection of barkcloth art from the Ömie Artists, Papua New Guinea.

‘No si hijomiono’o jabesi soré jajivo’ (We are painting the designs of our ancestors).

A Collection of barkcloth art from the Ömie Artists, Papua New Guinea.

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by SARAH UGIBARI of Omie Artists. The title is Sihoti’e taliobamë’e - Design of the Mud Appliquéd on White Barkcloth. [OM10-063] (Mud, Nioge (Barkcloth)) Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by SARAH UGIBARI of Omie Artists. The title is Sihoti’e taliobamë’e - Design of the Mud Appliquéd on White Barkcloth. [OM10-063] (Mud, Nioge (Barkcloth))
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SARAH UGIBARI

Sihoti’e taliobamë’e - Design of the Mud Appliquéd on White Barkcloth
OM10-063 (2010)
Mud, Nioge (Barkcloth)
 Sihoti’e taliobamë’e - Design … | OM10-063
Mud, Nioge (Barkcloth)
 97 x 63cm | 38.19 x 24.8in (irregular)
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Sarah Ugibari has created an example of the first Ömie nioge (barkcloth) design ever produced.  The sihoti’e (mud-dyed barkcloth) is contrasted upon the plain white barkcloth in strips representing orriseegé (’pathways’).  Where orriseegé is most often used to provide a compositional framework for Ömie painting designs, here it is presented in its pure and original form.  The sihoti’e also represents women’s menstrual blood relating to the Ömie creation story of the first man and woman, Mina and Suja.  In the Sahuoté (Samorajé sub-clan) areas of A’bi and Budo (old villages), and Gorabuna and Birrojo this same sihoti’e design is known as adure’ti’e.

Sarah Ugibari has created an example of the first Ömie nioge (barkcloth) design ever produced.  The sihoti’e (mud-dyed barkcloth) is contrasted upon the plain white barkcloth in strips representing orriseegé (’pathways’).  Where orriseegé is most often used to provide a compositional framework for Ömie painting designs, here it is presented in its pure and original form.  The sihoti’e also represents women’s menstrual blood relating...